Seagliders are the result of a collaborative effort between the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the university’s School of Oceanography. These autonomous underwater vehicles are used to gather valuable information such as conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) data at a ...

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, in collaboration with scientists at Pennsylvania State University, have developed robots called SnoMotes. The robots were recently unveiled at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Pasadena, on May 23rd. ...

Daan Hobbelen, a PhD student at TU Delft in the Netherlands, has developed a revolutionary walking robot named Flame. Based on the principles of human walking, Flame is considered to be one of the most advanced robots of its kind, ...

Researchers from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL, one of the two Ecoles Polytechniques Federales in Switzerland, have developed a grasshopper-inspired jumping robot. The team unveiled the new robot at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, which ...

Researchers at the Biologically Inspired Robotics Lab at Case Western Reserve University have developed the Whegs series robots, consisting of Whegs robots, mini-Whegs, and climbing mini-Whegs. These robots use both wheels and legs, allowing them to move at a relatively ...

The uBot-5 is a robot which was recently designed and built at the Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The uBot-5 can perform many useful tasks that entail the mobile manipulation of objects- including acquiring, transporting, ...

Have you ever wondered whether it is possible to glide through the air just as jellyfish swim through water? Scientists at the German company “Festo” have not only answered this question positively, but have built a device that does exactly ...

The Swiss Wizkid is a part computer, part robot ‘kid’ with a desire to learn. With a flexible neck, it sets its ‘eyes’ on you and turns to watch and interact with you wherever you go. Wizkid requires neither mouse ...

Scientists from Europe, Israel, and the USA are developing ‘robotic rats’ that will be able to aid in rescue operations and carry out planetary research missions. Nine research groups from seven countries are collaborating on this initiative, which was recently ...

The Readybot Challenge, a non-profit club of senior engineers and designers headquartered in the Silicon Valley, California, has created a prototype robot capable of cleaning your kitchen. Equipped with two human-sized arms, the Readybot is capable of picking up various ...